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Bremner, Nicholas – TESL-EJ, 2021
The concept of 'learner-centered education' (LCE) continues to be defined inconsistently across the literature, and very little research has examined LCE from the perspectives of the teachers themselves. This study addressed this gap by conducting a quantitative survey with 248 English language teachers. The study sought to examine 1) whether or…
Descriptors: Student Centered Learning, Teacher Attitudes, Language Teachers, English (Second Language)
Lindahl, Kristen; Hansen-Thomas, Holly; Baecher, Laura; Stewart, Mary Amanda – TESL-EJ, 2020
This article describes the ways in which study abroad experiences in international settings may help language teachers develop linguistic and cultural consciousness that ideally influence pedagogical practices in their home teaching contexts. Drawing upon the framework of critical multilingual awareness (CMLA; GarcĂa, 2017), we describe three…
Descriptors: Study Abroad, English Teachers, Second Language Instruction, Multilingualism
Hilliker, Shannon – TESL-EJ, 2020
Teachers do not always have the option to study abroad because of coursework and school/teaching obligations. Utilizing virtual exchange is an innovative instructional approach being used in higher education that can mimic a clinical virtual study abroad experience. Accordingly, this study reports on 20 participants that took a course on…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), International Educational Exchange, Preservice Teacher Education, Preservice Teachers
Vazquez, Alberto Mora; Guzman, Nelly Paulina Trejo; Roux, Ruth – TESL-EJ, 2013
The purpose of this paper is to analyze the determinants of the current state of the ELT field in Mexican contexts. In particular, it explores the ways in which diverse social and political factors hamper the successful implementation of national and institutional ELT policies. Drawing on a case study carried out throughout a period of five years,…
Descriptors: Developmental Stages, English (Second Language), Foreign Countries, Second Language Learning
Davies, Paul – TESL-EJ, 2009
English as a foreign/second language teaching (ELT) is notably successful in some national public educational systems and unsuccessful in others. Holland, Singapore and Sweden are outstanding examples of great success in the strategic management of ELT in their public educational systems. General failures abound, particularly in countries that…
Descriptors: Strategic Planning, Educational Change, Foreign Countries, Second Language Instruction
Keranen, Nancy; Bayyurt, Yasemin – TESL-EJ, 2006
This paper reports on the pairing of Spanish-speaking in-service teachers and Turkish-speaking pre-service teachers in a telecollaborative intercultural project in which English was used as a lingua franca. The authors of this paper were the course leaders. Participants' discourses were examined to understand how they communicated their cultures…
Descriptors: Intercultural Communication, English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning